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. 1985 May;67(3):167–168.

Post-tonsillectomy secondary haemorrhage.

M Z Siodlak, M J Gleeson, C L Wengraf
PMCID: PMC2498072  PMID: 4004046

Abstract

This paper compares the incidence of secondary haemorrhage in post-tonsillectomy patients who were discharged 48 hours after operation (2.8%) with those discharged at 24 hours (3%). There was no significant difference between the groups. A higher incidence of secondary haemorrhage in those patients in whom diathermy was used for haemostasis rather than ligatures (P less than 0.01) supports previous studies.

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